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KronicKilla   06-01-2009 at 09:29:50 PM

Hello,
First off im new to the community so im sorry if this is in the wrong area. But i have a case fan that ive been using for five years. Then when i came home from school today it was not working. So what i did is plug it in to my other 3 pin on my mobo and it worked so i thought it must have been the three pin that was the problem. Buttt....i plugged in my old CPU fan to the 3 pin that i thought wasnt working and it worked and is running right now. WTF IS GOING ON???

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PCSoul   06-01-2009 at 10:05:31 PM
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Your five year old fan either wasn't making good contact with the 3 pin connector or its getting towards the end of its life cycle and becoming intermitten.

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wuzy   06-01-2009 at 10:30:04 PM
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The lubrication can dry out if the fan uses sleeve bearing. Does the fan (which you thought failed) feel hard to spin with fingers?

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doomsdaydave11   06-02-2009 at 01:20:20 AM
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Just like PCSoul said it sounds like bad contacts or intermittent function. If it stops working again, I recommend getting a new fan.

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KronicKilla   06-02-2009 at 04:15:05 AM
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no its not really hard to spin with fingers, its seems normal to me. but i just think its weird that i switch fans with their 3 pins and they both work instead of just the 1. i might just get a new fan, they are pretty cheap.

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